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constraint table

Options down the side, hard requirements across the top, a yes or no in every cell. Reading across a row tells you whether that option survives; reading down a column tells you which requirement is doing the killing. No geometry needed, so it scales to more than two constraints.

Options down the side, hard requirements across the top, a yes or no in every cell. Reading across a row tells you whether that option survives; reading down a column tells you which requirement is doing the killing. No geometry needed, so it scales to more than two constraints.

Example

Best when there are more than three constraints, or the constraints are yes-or-no rather than numeric.

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